#8D40D9#8D40D9

#8D40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.221 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D40D9
RGB	rgb(141, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.72, 60.10, -65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.72, 88.88, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1194 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.221 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3393, 14.3392, 67.0650)
Luminance	0.1434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D40D9 #8CD940

analogous

#4040D9 #8D40D9 #D940D8

triadic

#8D40D9 #D98D40 #40D98D

tetradic

#8D40D9 #D94040 #8CD940 #40D8D9

square

#8D40D9 #D94040 #8CD940 #40D8D9

split-complementary

#8D40D9 #D8D940 #40D940

monochromatic

#501A84 #6E24B7 #8D40D9 #AB73E3 #CAA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#8D40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#8D40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D40D9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D40D9	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D6588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.221 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47be6',
    500: '#8d40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d40d9;
$custom-light: #b47be6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.196,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55013,
    "c": 0.22143,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D40D9

secondary

#BADA9A

accent

#EA3E93

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D40D9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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